- I'm just still trying to figure out exactly what that might be -

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Other Dog in My Life

But back before Harley - even before Donald - there was another little dog who walked into my life and stole my heart.

His name was Pax.

Pax stuck by me through a lot. A divorce, several moves, and a lot of ups and downs and went everywhere I went for 15 years.

He loved the beach too, and spent several Memorial Day weekends exploring Fripp Island, SC all on his own while the rest of us lounged on the beach. He would always show back up at the house we rented for lunch, for dinner and at dark as happy and as dirty as any little dog I've ever seen.

Here's to the fur babies who have shared our lives and made them better.

Aww, how sweet... you had him a long time and he will always be with you. I still can hear my beloved Miss Priss ( see my bio on our blog www.crimewriters.blogspot.com ) it looks just like her. Thelma in Manhattan

Kaye, Thank you for introducing us to Pax. It feels as if Harley has just always been it, so it's nice to see the one who owned your heart before Harley. You're right. Here's to the earlier ones. The stone for my very first cat, Marmalade, says, "First Cat, Best Cat" because we said if he hadn't been such a good cat, we never would have had others.

"Oh, Kaye!" A monthly feature at Jungle Red

Look for me at Jungle Red the first Sunday of each month. Just click this picture and you will magically arrive in the land of Jungle Red Writers. Eight smart and sassy crime fiction writers dish on writing and life. It's The View. With bodies. - And now, me. As resident commentator, reader, visionary, mystery maven, arbiter, pundit and prognosticator. Kind of like Andy Rooney, 'cept I'm still living

Harley's New book

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CLOTHES LINES from 75 Western North Carolina Women Writers

CLOTHES LINES from 75 Western North Carolina Women Writers

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Books Read During 2015

Every year I promise myself I'm going to keep a log of books I'm reading. And I immediately forget. Then I remember again, but only after I've already read a few books, but can't be sure I'll remember them all and so - - can't bring myself to start the list. It's sort of like missing the first 30 minutes of a movie. I just can't watch it if I've missed the beginning. And being the anal ol' soul I am, I can't bring myself to start a list if I can't be sure it's going to be a complete one.So.I decided to keep a list during 2010 and found it to be a fun thing. Especially for a compulsive list-maker like myself.

THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE RELUCTANT BOOK FAIRY by Elizabeth George (ARC)

THE NATURE OF THE BEAST by Louise Penny (ARC)

THE WITCH OF BOURBON STREET by Suzanne Palmieri (ARC)

UNDERSTANDING PAT CONROY by Catherine Seltzer

GHOST IMAGE by Ellen Crosby

NEVER DIE ALONE by Lisa Jackson (ARC)

MULTIPLE EXPOSURE by Ellen Crosby

A DIFFERENT REFLECTION by Jane L. Gibson (ARC)

MEMORY MAN by David Baldacci

DESOLATION ROW by Kay Kendall

THE FORGOTTEN ROOM by Lincoln Child (ARC)

THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US by Annie Barrows (ARC)

THE OTHER DAUGHTER by Lauren Willig (ARC)

WYLDING HALL by Elizabeth Hand (ARC)

THE TRAVELLING TEASHOP by Belinda Jones

NOWHERE BUT HOME by Liza Palmer

LIAR'S BENCH by Kim Michele Richardson (ARC)

STEALING MARILYN MONROE by Sophie Warren

THE WEDDING CAKE TREE by Melanie Hudson (ARC)

THE SOUND OF GLASS by Karen White (ARC)

THE FAERIE TREE by Jane Cable (ARC)

BEING AUDREY HEPBURN by Mitchell Kriegman

THE THIRD WIFE by Lisa Jewell (ARC)

THE SUMMER OF GOOD INTENTIONS by Wendy Francis (ARC)

THE STRANGER by Harlan Coben

CREATURE COMFORTS by Trisha Ashley (ARC)

BRADSTREET GATE by Robin Kirman (ARC)

PLANTATION SHUDDERS by Ellen Byron (ARC)

THE WOMAN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH by Dana Gynther (ARC)

PLAY ON: NOW, THEN, AND FLEETWOOD MAC: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Mick Fleetwood and Anthony Bozza

BEFORE I WAKE by Anne Frasier

HUGO AND ROSE by Bridgette Foley ( ARC)

SOMEONE IS WATCHING by Joy Fielding (ARC)

PERMANENT SPRING SHOWERS by Scott D. Southard (ARC)

TRIGGER WARNING by Neil Gaiman

NIGHTBIRD by Alice Hoffman (ARC)

THE IDEA OF LOVE by Patti Callahan Henry (ARC)

PLEASANT DAY by Vera Jane Cook (ARC)

PARIS, HE SAID by Christine Sneed (ARC)

THE GHOSTS OF PEPPERNELL MANOR by Amy M. Reade (ARC)

HUSH HUSH by Laura Lippman

MURDER IN HINDSIGHT by Anne Cleeland (ARC)

MURDER IN RETRIBUTION by Anne Cleeland

MURDER IN THRALL by Anne Cleeland

THE ART OF BAKING BLIND by Sarah Vaughn (ARC)

LITTLE BLACK LIES by Sandra Block (ARC)

BLUEPRINTS by Barbara Delinsky (ARC)

THE GUEST COTTAGE by Nancy Thayer (ARC)

LAVINA by Mary Marcus (ARC)

IN WILDERNESS: A NOVEL by Diane Thomas (ARC)

WHAT HAPPENS IN TUSCANY by T.A. Williams (ARC)

IT STARTED AT SUNSET COTTAGE by Bella Osborne (ARC)

THE WOMAN IN THE MOVIE STAR DRESS by Praveen Asthana

THE DWELLING PLACE by Elizabeth Musser

THE BODY AT WRAPP'S MILL: A Grist Mill Mystery with Marcy Dehanne by Celia H. Miles

WOMEN IN CLOTHES by Sheila Heti and Heidi Julavits

THE CATALAIN BOOK OF SECRETS by Jessica Lourey

WINTER AT THE DOOR by Sarah Graves

WEST OF SUNSET by Stewart O'Nan

THE MAGNIFICENT SPINSTER by May Sarton

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins

A FRENCH PIROUETTE by Jennifer Bohnet

SEASON OF THE DRAGONFLIES by Sarah Creech

LAND OF ENCHANTMENT by Liza Wieland (ARC)

WALKING ON TRAMPOLINES by Frances Whiting (ARC)

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